(L-R): Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange in Marvel Studios’ DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.
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In holdover weekend box office news not related to Top Gun: Maverick ($86 million domestic for a $292 million domestic/$548 million global cume), Walt Disney and Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness crossed $900 million worldwide. The Benedict Cumberbatch/Elizabeth Olsen MCU sequel earned another $9.3 million (-42%) in its fifth weekend of domestic release and $11.4 million overseas. It has now earned $388.7 million domestic and $520.7 million outside of North America for a whopping $909.4 million global cume. No, it won’t crack $1 billion, but that’s just about not getting that pre-Covid $100-$150 million from China (and revenue lost in Russia and Ukraine). However, considering it’s “just” a Doctor Strange sequel, this is a towering performance and a reaffirmation of the MCU brand.
‘The Bad Guys’
DreamWorks
20th Century Studios’ Bob’s Burgers: The Movie earned $4.45 million (-64%) in its second weekend for a $22.2 million ten-day domestic (and $23.9 million worldwide) total. The fans and casually curious who wanted to see this animated musical in theaters did so over Memorial Day weekend. It should finish just over/under $30 million domestic. DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys grossed another $3.34 million (-24%) in weekend seven for an $87.3 million domestic cume from a $23.5 million debut weekend. Once again, DWA toons are incredibly leggy in almost every circumstance. The $80 million toon has earned $218 million worldwide, including $39 million in China. Downton Abbey: A New Era earned $3 million (-48%) in weekend three for a $35.7 million domestic and $77.1 million worldwide cume.
Sonic (Ben Schwartz) in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 from Paramount Pictures and Sega.
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A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once continued to play like the indie version of The Greatest Showman, earning another $2.02 million (-18%) in weekend 11 to pass the $60 million mark domestically. With (at least) $77 million worldwide, it’s currently right below Lady Bird ($71 million) and Hereditary ($81 million) as A24’s third-biggest global grosser. Paramount’s other 2022 smash, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, will earn $1.725 million (-30%) despite being released into post-theatrical (EST) and streaming (on Paramount+) over the last week. It’ll have $188.2 million domestic and possibly over/under $400 million worldwide (on a $110 million budget) by tomorrow night. Paramount’s The Lost City will earn $1.38 million (-34%) in weekend 11 (even as it too is available at home) for a $104 million domestic cume.
Jared Leto in ‘Morbius’
Sony
Sony brought Morbius back into 1,037 theaters this weekend, either due to a misunderstanding of how Internet memes work or (more likely) just playing along to give theaters something “new” on a dead weekend and keep Jared Leto’s anti-hero in the news cycle. To the surprise of no one who didn’t see Snakes on a Plane in theaters or watch Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max, the online shenanigans translated to $300,000 or $289 per theater. Critics hated it and audiences did too, as shown by the C+ Cinemascore and 1.88x weekend ($39 million)-to-final ($73.6 million) multiplier. Letting folks continue to make fun increases his “value” when Dr. Michael Morbius shows up in Venom 3 and Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock calls him a “f***ing loser” to audience applause.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/06/05/box-office-morbius-flops-again-but-doctor-strange-2-tops-900-million/